Tracking Progress on your Polo and Polo GTI

**Gladiator** · 23-08-2011, 12:54 PM

So what exactly is the process after the ship docks at the port of arrival. How long before the car gets sent to the dealer? Does the dealer do something to the car?

Thanks

**gavs** · 23-08-2011, 02:53 PM

Car is unloaded, taken into possesion of Patrick Autocare, different to Patrick Stevedores. Car loaded onto a truck and taken to Patrick Autocare in Laverton. Once scanned in, the VIN is flagged as allocated to a customer or not. If it is allocated, then VGA in sydney are allerted that the vehicle has arrived and is at Autocare. VGA then contact the dealership that ordered the car, then it is at the discretion of the dealership how long it sits there. If you're lucky like GTI Joe, it might sit there a day before being sent to the dealer. Mine sat there for 3 weeks. AUtocare then fit the compliance plate to the car, then truck it out to the dealer. THe stock controller generally then checks teh cars as their off-loaded form the truck (clearly not very well in some cases as there was damage on someone's polo when they picked it up). Once at the dealership or their specific pre-delivery area, many things happen inlcuding spring spacers removed, protective films removed, ECU re-flashing (supposed to happen), display protectors removed, a wash, maybe a proper detail, generally it's about a full day's work, if not 1.5 days. You then go into the dealer, hand over your hard earned, get shown a few features of the car and then hightail it outta there!

Oh, the next thing you do is switch your MFD to oil temp ad wait until it's around the 90 degree mark, best to do this with the car stationary. Run that baby HARD from the get-go, take it up to redline even and use lots of engine braking from high revs to bed in the rings. Otherwise, you will driving around a 2 stroke Polo GTI. Potentially

**Gladiator** · 23-08-2011, 03:11 PM

Oh wow I'm getting real excited. Gonna run that baby hard.

Sounds wrong doesn't it.

Thanks for the detailed info gavs, much appreciated.

Also, when do you arrange the number plate?

**drewnsue25** · 23-08-2011, 03:28 PM

hin guys just thought id give u all heads up vwa just rang me they have a guy now who is looking after the polo gti orders. name is bill and said they would email me every month give order status production allocation and build date etc i ordered my polo gti in late june 11 so finally looks like we are going to get some info . ps he also said vw had increased production so maybe will see them sooner anyway atleast they are trying so all good news

**Smacca** · 23-08-2011, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by drewnsue25

hin guys just thought id give u all heads up vwa just rang me they have a guy now who is looking after the polo gti orders. name is bill and said they would email me every month give order status production allocation and build date etc i ordered my polo gti in late june 11 so finally looks like we are going to get some info . ps he also said vw had increased production so maybe will see them sooner anyway atleast they are trying so all good news

Hey drewnsue25, I'm in the same boat as you (ordered in Feb) so I hope the increased production claim is true! But this is currently already being discussed in another thread.

Check out http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...tes-61851.html.

Welcome to the wait for what's been dubbed "the best car money can't buy"...

**apples** · 23-08-2011, 06:24 PM

Originally Posted by Gladiator

Oh wow I'm getting real excited. Gonna run that baby hard.

Sounds wrong doesn't it.

Thanks for the detailed info gavs, much appreciated.

Also, when do you arrange the number plate?

Dealerships are given a batch of plates. One of these will be assigned to your car. You can ask the dealership to make sure that a particular number isn't included (a lot of superstitious Chinese request a plate without the number 4 as it is the same word for death).

If you're referring to personalised plates, I ordered my euro ones through vicroads, got them five days later (prisoners must not have been busy!) and handed them to the dealership a couple of weeks before my car was due to arrive at the docks.

**mr_bzr** · 25-08-2011, 04:18 PM

Hey just a quick question for all those of you who are expert trackers and have received vehicles. How long roughly was it between the car being at the dock in Germany and getting on the boat to come to Aus? How long roughly are they just sitting there waiting for a ship.

Cheers

**gavs** · 25-08-2011, 04:39 PM

About 1.5-21 weeks but you have to make sure it's not sitting at teh factory, they can do that for 1 week before being trained to Bremerhaven...

**wiz** · 25-08-2011, 04:58 PM

This is crazy, I'm sweating with anticipation.
Dealer informed me about 3 weeks ago that the car was due to arrive on the docks of Fremantle on the 25/08/11....thats today

I've been looking at the port webcams and can't see any car transports in the harbour, but there were two in yesterday....surely it was one of them....

unfortunately and for my own sanity I didn't ask the dealer months ago for a VIN as I didn't want to become overwhelmed with the anxiety of all the tracking....now i'm regretting it as I have no idea if it has landed or not....

I've practically chewed my fingers off....i'm so, so very sad.....